Boogadaboogadaboogada!

Boogadaboogadaboogada! is the second LP by Screeching Weasel, released in 1988 on their own Roadkill Records. It would be the only release to feature bassist Fish and the last release for original drummer Steve Cheese. This is also the first release on which Ben Weasel would be credited with playing guitar, although he later admitted to only playing on some of the songs. Ben and Jughead would point to Boogadaboogadboogada! as the point where the band's own voice started to emerge and it would be the first time that some songs would feature the melodic "lead" guitar parts that later became a stable of their sound. The album is the first release to feature the iconic Weasel head logo (created by artist and band friend Paul Russel) and all reissues feature some variation on the original cover (except for the original European version which features an entirely different cover of a paperboy flipping off an angry old man). Boogadaboogadaboogada! has been reissued 3 times since it's release and, with over 100,000 copies sold, remains the band's biggest seller.

Details

• Format: LP (subsequently reissued on LP, CD, cassette, and digitally)

• Label: Roadkill Records and licensed to Westspots in Europe. Subsequently reissued by Lookout! Records, Asian Man Records, and Recess Records

• Studio: Solid Sound, Hoffman Estates

• Recording Dates: October 8, 9, 15 & 16, 1988

• Year: 1988. Subsequently reissued in 1992 (Lookout!), 2005 (Asian Man), and 2009 (Recess)

• Availability: In Print (CD and digital)

Tracks

Side A

1. Dingbat (Weasel)

2. Love (Weasel)

3. Zombie (Weasel/Jughead)

4. This Ain't Hawaii (Weasel)

5. We Skate (Weasel/Jughead)

6. Police Insanity (Weasel/Fish)

7. Stupid Over You (Weasel)

8. Runaway (Del Shannon/Max Crook)

9. I Hate Led Zeppelin (Weasel)

10. My Right (Weasel)

11. Nicaragua (Weasel)

12. Sunshine (Weasel)

13. I Wanna Be Naked (Weasel)

14. Boogada

Side B

1. Ashtray (Weasel)

3. American Suicide (Weasel)

3. Psychiatrist (Weasel)

4. Mad At The Paper Boy (Weasel)

5. I Love To Hate (Weasel)

6. More Problems (Fish)

7. Supermarket Fantasy (Weasel)

8. Holy Hardcore (Weasel/Jughead)

9. Professional Distribution (Weasel/Jughead)

10. Used Cars (Weasel)

11. Hunter (Fish)

12. I Believe In UFOs (Weasel)

13. Hey Suburbia (Weasel/Jughead)

Credits

• Vocals/Guitar - Ben Weasel

• Guitar/Backing Vocals - Jughead

• Bass - Fish

• Drums - Steve Cheese

• Engineer - Phil Bonnet

• Production - Screeching Weasel & Phil Bonnet (Ben & Jughead would be solely credited with production on all reissues)

• Artwork - Paul Russel

• Photography - Martin Sorrondeguy & Tim Carlson (on the original release only)

Notes

• The record's name came from the phrase that one of Ben & Jughead's friends would utter when he saw an attractive woman.

• The track "Boogada" is a collection of sound bites. It appears on the Roadkill and Wespots releases but not on any of the reissues.

• The song "Hunter" was originally recorded by The Ozzfish Experience as "Hunted" for the unreleased Screeching Weasel/Ozzfish Experience split 7".

• The album was remixed for the Wetspots release and this mix has subsequently been used on all of the reissues.

• Roadkill's initial pressing was 2000 copies, 200 of which came with an insert which featured featured pictures of the band bowling in the nude. One of those pictures was later printed on the back cover of Lookout! Records' LP version.

• The original insert notes that Steve Cheese had decided to move on and was being replaced by Brian Vermin.

• The Asian Man reissue contains liner notes by Ben, Jughead, and Jim Testa of Jersey Beat.

• In 2008 & 2009, Recess Records pressed the album on grey, white, pink, and blue vinyl (500 copies each, pink pressed twice). The recess version also contains the same liner notes as the Asian Man version.